漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
桃: peach
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 兆 gives the sound
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ももmomo · kun'yomi · on its own
- 桃ももpeach (Prunus persica)
- 桃色ももいろpink (colour, color); peach
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 胡桃くるみwalnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
Also read トウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
兆
Also built on portent (兆)
The 兆 family reads チョウ (chou); 桃 is read トウ.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side桃 peach · 木
vs挑 challenge · 扌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · táo
Same form: 桃 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 桃 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 桃 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin táo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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